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Passus octauusO.8.000: The heading is divided after Passus, so that it appears as two lines. Flourishes consisting of two rays with a central tick, arranged vertically, appear at the
left and right of the heading.

Was neuere wiȝt as I wente  þat me wisse kouþeO.8.6: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "Where þis leode lenged lasse ne moore."

O.8.7KD.8.8

Til it be-fel on a fryday  two freris I mette

O.8.8KD.8.9

Maystris of þe menouris  men of greet witte

O.8.9KD.8.10

I haylesede hem heendeli  as I hadde lerned

O.8.10KD.8.11

And preyede hempur charite  er þei passeden ferþer

O.8.11KD.8.12

If þei knewen any cuntre  or coostes as þei wentenO.8.11: OC2 alone have as þei wenten; all other beta witnesses have as þei wente.

O.8.12KD.8.13

Where þat . do-wel . dwelliþ  doþ me to witen

O.8.13KD.8.14

For þei been men of þis moold  þat moost wijlde walken

O.8.14KD.8.15

And knowen cuntrees & courtis  & many kyns places

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Boþe princes paleycis  & pore mennys cotes

O.8.16KD.8.17

And do-wel & do-yuele  where þei dwellen boþe

O.8.17KD.8.18

Amongys vs quod þe menouris  þat man is dwellynge

O.8.18KD.8.19

And euere haþ as I hope  & euere schal her-after

Contra

O.8.19KD.8.20

Contra quod I as a clerk  & comsede to dispute

Sepcies in die cadit iustiO.8.20: The rubric is divided after sepcies, die, and cadit, so that it appears as four vertical lines in the right margin opposite ll. 8.20-8.23.

O.8.20KD.8.20α

And seyde hem soþeli  sepcies in die cadit iustus

O.8.21KD.8.21

Seuene siþes seiþ þe book  synneþ þe riȝtful

O.8.22KD.8.22

And who-so synneþ he seydeO.8.22: OC2C alone have he seyde; variants include I say (Cr), I seide (WGYLMR), as y seyde (Hm), seide he (B), and in doynge he (F).  doþ yuele as me þinkeþO.8.22: OC2 alone lack the following line attested by all other B manuscripts: "[That] dowel and do yuele mowe noȝt dwelle togideres."

O.8.23KD.8.24

Ergo he is not alwey  amongys ȝow freris

O.8.24KD.8.25

He is oþer-whyle ellis-where  to wisse þe peple

O.8.25KD.8.26

I schal seye þee my sone  seyde þe frere þanne

O.8.26KD.8.27

How seuene siþes þe sadman  on a day synneþ

O.8.27KD.8.28

Bi aforbisena forbisen quod þe frere  I schal þe fayre schewe

O.8.28KD.8.29

Latte brynge a man in a boot  a-myd þe brode water

O.8.29KD.8.30

Þe wijnd & þe water  & þe boot waggynge

O.8.30KD.8.31

Makeþ a man many tyme  to falle & to stumbleO.8.30: OC2 alone have stumble; all other beta witnesses have stonde.

Þat if do-wel or do-bette  doþO.8.99: A solidus/punctus above the word and a caret/punctus in the left margin indicate deletion of doþ, but no substitute is supplied. OC2 alone have doþ; most B manuscripts have the preterite. aȝens do-best

O.8.100KD.8.104

Þanne schal þe kyng come  & casten hem in Irnes

O.8.101KD.8.106

And but if do-best bidde for hem  þei be þere for euere

O.8.102KD.8.107

Þus do-wel & do-bette  & do-best þe þridde

O.8.103KD.8.108

CrownedenO.8.103: O alone has the form crowneden; all other beta witnesses have crouned. oon to be kyng  to kepen hem alle

O.8.104KD.8.109

And to rule þiO.8.104: OC2 alone have þi in place of (al) þe. rewme  bi her þre wittis

O.8.105KD.8.110

And noon oþer-wyse but as þei þre assentedenO.8.105: O alone has assenteden; most B manuscripts have assented.

O.8.106KD.8.111

I þankede þouȝt þoo  þat he me þus tauȝte

O.8.107KD.8.112-113

Ac ȝit saueriþ me not þi seggyng  I coueyte to lerne

O.8.108KD.8.114

How do-wel . do-bette & do-best  doon amongys þe peple

O.8.109KD.8.115

But witt kun wisse þee quod þouȝt  where þoo þre dwellen

O.8.110KD.8.116

Ellis woot I noon þat can  þat now is a-lyue

O.8.111KD.8.117

Þouȝt & I þus  þre dayes ȝeden

O.8.112KD.8.118

Disputynge vp-on do-wel  day after oþer

O.8.113KD.8.119

And er we weren ywarO.8.113: O alone has weren ywar; most B manuscripts have were war.  wiþ witt gonne IO.8.113: OC2 alone have I in place of we. mete